There is widespread shock and sadness in South Sligo at the death of Lisa Niland (19), Drimbane, Curry

Lisa passed away in the Beaumont Hospital, Dublin on Friday last having been transferred there by helicopter from Sligo University Hospital.

She took ill while at a fast-food outlet in Carraroe last week.

A student at the University of Limerick and a past pupil of St Attracta’s College, Tubbercurry, Lisa was an noted GAA supporter and a minute’s silence observed in her memory at last Sunday’s FBD match between Sligo and Leitrim in Tourlestrane.

Her remains are reposing at St. Threase’s Funeral Home, Curry today, Tuesday January 24, from 4pm – 8pm. with the removal tomorrow, Wednesday, morning to The Church of The Immaculate Conception Curry for funeral mass at 12 noon, with burial afterwards in Bunnacrannagh Cemetery.

She is survived by her parents, Angela and Gerry, her sister Amy, her boyfriend Johnny Flannery, grandparents, Mai and Tom (Niland), and extended family.